Exam 11: C: Human Development Across the Lifespan

During the final, winner-take-all Game 7 of the hockey playoff series between the Ottawa Senators and the Pittsburgh Penguins, a Pittsburgh player violently slashes Ottawa's team captain. In retaliation, one of the Ottawa players skates full-speed right into the Pittsburgh goalie, knocking him over and leaving him with a concussion. After this, fights break out between most members of both teams. -The Ottawa player who skates into Pittsburgh's goalie believes this behaviour is part of his role as an "enforcer." This is similar to the behaviours of participants in which famous early psychology experiment

Janelle is a Girl Guide who is trying to sell enough cookies to win a trip to Disney World. Her parents don't have the time to take her out selling cookies door-to-door, so they hire Tamara, Janelle's cousin who is studying psychology at Carleton University, to help Janelle after school for a few weeks while she's trying to sell the cookies. The good news for Janelle is that Tamara has recently learned about the psychology of persuasion. -If customers develop an impression that Janelle is cute,polite,and well-spoken,and they infer that she is also a good student,this inference is considered to be based on _____________.

Janelle is a Girl Guide who is trying to sell enough cookies to win a trip to Disney World. Her parents don't have the time to take her out selling cookies door-to-door, so they hire Tamara, Janelle's cousin who is studying psychology at Carleton University, to help Janelle after school for a few weeks while she's trying to sell the cookies. The good news for Janelle is that Tamara has recently learned about the psychology of persuasion. -Tamara tells Janelle that the first question she should ask potential customers is whether they have had Girl Guide chocolate mint cookies before.Because if they say no,Janelle should say __________.

Samira and Tyler met in their second-year psychology class while working on a group project together with a mutual friend, Anabelle. Samira and Tyler became friends while working on the project and began dating soon after. It has now been three years and they are still together and very happy. Anabelle is dating Rod. Though Anabelle and Rod argue fairly frequently, they both love each other. -Samira meets Tyler's romantic ideals.This means ____________.

Amelia and Rami are babysitting Amelia's four-year-old nephew, Nelson, and her three-year old niece, Penny. It has been nine months since Amelia and Rami last saw the kids, and they are shocked at how much they have developed in less than a year. To pass the time, they decide to do arts and crafts with the kids, and then head out to play outside after a snack. -Amelia recently read a developmental psychology paper about personality with a longitudinal research design,whereas Rami read one that used a cross-sectional research design.Which of the following is most likely

Angelica has just learned that she is pregnant. Because this is her first pregnancy, she is reading a book called The Birds, The Bees, and the Next Nine Months to learn more about the development of her unborn child. Every interesting fact she learns, she shares with her husband, Dominic. -Dominic has been watching the news and learns about the Zika virus that is threatening mothers and newborns globally.He asks Angelica whether she has read about Zika in her book.She is not sure,but she decides to check the _____________ to see if it is in there.

Vasilis has been working in the same secure and well-paid job for the past few years. One day, on his way to work he loses control of his vehicle and drives into a ditch. Despite the fact that he did not sustain any injuries, he was extremely scared about losing his life. A few days after the accident, he is still thinking about how close he came to death. A month later, Vasilis proclaims to his family that the accident made him realize he needs new challenges in his life. He wants to pursue his passion and talent for drawing anime, so he will be resigning from his work and moving from Canada (where he has lived all his life) to Japan. -Vasilis meets a new friend named Arimi who was born and raised in Japan.Arimi also draws anime and the two new friends Vasilis and Arimi exchange opinions on each other's work.Arimi is more likely to _________________.

When Presho was a newborn, her parents consented to enrol her as a participant in a longitudinal study exploring childhood development. Every year in April, her parents take her to the university in their city so she can participate in some short experiments. When Presho's younger brother, Anam, is born three years later, their parents decide to enrol him as well, and he participates in the same experiments as his sister, also during their visit in April. -One experiment is designed to test how the children differentiate right from wrong.The children are shown a video of a child running across the road to grab a ball without checking both ways before crossing.If Presho says this is wrong because ___________,then she has reached Kohlberg's _______ stage of moral reasoning.

Ch. 12 - Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment John and Jenny have been dating for a while but their relationship is suffering. Jenny typically cleans their apartment twice a day and has asked John to help clean but John responded by refusing to say a word. During the ensuing argument, John accused Jenny of being too controlling and too obsessed with cleaning. Jenny on the other hand accused John of acting like a child every time they have a fight. -Which defense mechanism is John likely using during their fights according to Jenny